Sri Lanka, May 8 -- The rural villages are a naturally enchanting paradise. They teach us to calibrate our lifestyle, if we choose to. Whether it is the farmers in the lush paddy fields ploughing with their robust buffaloes, or a solitary monk meditating amidst a thicket of trees, the magic of the village is absolutely alluring. The sight of devotee burning incense at a small shrine or the smiling face of a child picking flowers has a way of making an impression. This is the blissful charm of rural living.

The prudent Mahathma Gandhi once declared, "The soul of India lives in its villages." We can agree that the soul of any country lives breathes and is reborn in its lush green villages. In Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory, we see that...